Alex Kingston has branded cancel culture 'fascistic', claiming it's made her generation 'tread on eggshells' with what to say.
The Doctor Who actress, 61, shared her fears of getting cancelled after admitting she gets 'really confused' about pronouns.
Alex said the idea of cancel culture is 'terrifying' and 'dangerous' because there is a lack of empathy or sympathy if you 'unintentionally hurt somebody' by saying the wrong thing.
She told The Telegraph: 'Cancel cultureis terrifying. Sort of fascistic, really. I don't think people realise how dangerous cancelling people is, what they has meant historically.
'My generation is treading on eggshells, not knowing whether what you say will unintentionally hurt somebody. I get really confused about pronouns, for instance.
Alex Kingston, 61, has branded cancel culture 'fascistic', claiming it's made her generation 'tread on eggshells' with what to say
The Doctor Who actress shared her fears of getting cancelled after admitting she gets 'really confused' about pronouns
'I'm just not confident with how and when to use them. There is no empathy or sympathy - opinions are immediate and black and white.'
Like Alex, Frank Skinner, Jimmy Carr and Ricky Gervais have previously been open with their views surrounding cancel culture.
In April, broadcaster Frank revealed what he thinks of cancel culture as he discussed what it is like being a comedian in today's society.
The broadcaster has enjoyed an impressive 40 year long career in comedy, and during an appearance on Loose Womenhe confessed he doesn't believe cancel culture has negatively effected the industry.
As panelist Coleen Nolan asked whether he finds it more difficult making jokes in the age we are in now, he admitted: 'The things that we are supposedly not allowed to say I don't want to say anyway.'
Fellow comic Ricky has been incredibly vocal about his disapproval of the woke phenomenon and more recentlyJimmy said he will never apologise for his comedy.
However Frank had a less outspoken approach as he joked: 'It's not like I am sitting and thinking "Oh I can't use my 40 minutes of racist material" I just want to go out and people have a good time.'
He continued: 'So I don't really want to hurt anyone's feelings in the audience, I don't want to shock anybody.'
Alex said the idea of cancel culture is 'terrifying' and 'dangerous' because there is a lack of empathy or sympathy if you 'unintentionally hurt somebody' by saying the wrong thing.
She said: 'Cancel culture is terrifying. Sort of fascistic, really. I don't think people realise how dangerous cancelling people is, what they has meant historically. 'My generation is treading on eggshells, not knowing whether what you say will unintentionally hurt somebody'
She added: 'I get really confused about pronouns, for instance. I'm just not confident with how and when to use them. There is no empathy or sympathy - opinions are immediate and black and white' (pictured in Doctor Who in 2010)
Coleen replied: 'You get a lot of comics saying it's not the same, so it is refreshing to hear that'.
Frank added: 'Yeah well you know, if I am going toshock them it will just be the shock that I'm still alive.'
Back in 2021, Ricky slammed cancel culture anddescribed 'wokeness' as 'a weird sort of fascism' amid calls for 'the free exchange of information and ideas.'
He said: 'There's this new weird sort of fascism of people thinking they know what you can say and what you can't and it's a really weird thing. Just because you're offended it doesn't mean you're right.'
The Afterlife star previously said on talkRadio: 'There's this new trendy myth that people who want free speech want to say awful things all the time.
'It's just isn't true, it protects everyone. If you're mildly left-wing on Twitter, you're suddenly Trotsky, right?
'If you're mildly conservative, you're Hitler and if you're centrist and you look at both arguments, you're a coward.Just because you're offended it doesn't mean you're right.'
Meanwhile Jimmy admitted earlier this month that he doesn't engage with criticism regarding his comedy as he argued that jokes 'are like magnets, they attract some people and repel others'.
Like Alex, Frank Skinner (pictured), Jimmy Carr and Ricky Gervais have previously been open with their views surrounding cancel culture.
Fellow comic Ricky Gervais has been incredibly vocal about his disapproval of the woke phenomenon and more recently Jimmy Car said he will never apologise for his comedy
As panellist Coleen Nolan asked whether he finds it more difficult making jokes in the age we are now in, he admitted: 'The things that we are supposedly not allowed to say I don't want to say anyway'
He joked: 'It's not like I am sitting and thinking "Oh I can't use my 40 minutes of racist material" I just want to go out and people have a good time'
Ricky said in 2021: 'If you're mildly conservative, you're Hitler and if you're centrist and you look at both arguments, you're a coward. Just because you're offended it doesn't mean you're right'
Appearing on The Development by David Podcast, he said: 'I try not to engage. I try as best as I can to go it's absolutely valid that people don't like some of my jokes.
'Jokes are like magnets, they attract some people and repel others. Some people are repelled by my sense of humour, they do not like itand they don't come to the shows, or watch the Netflix specials.
'But when the new Netflix drops a clip will go up online and it will show up in someone's feed and they'll watch it and go, "Ban this filth, this joke is so terrible I've got to send it to everyone I f***ing know." But you gotta rightsize that.'
He recalled: 'I remember James Corden was very sweet last time I got cancelled. He phoned me and went, "What's happened? No, I'll tell you what's happened. You told a joke and some people didn't like it. That's it. Let's go get lunch".'
